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Naval Warfare
South American shipyards end 2024 positively as regional navies bet on local manufacturers
The year ends with several South American navies undergoing ambitious programmes to modernise their fleets. A common denominator is that regional services want domestically manufactured surface vessels and even submarines.
Naval Warfare
Naval Warfare Preview 2025: Billion-dollar programmes will advance but unpredictable forces muddy the waters
Large programmes around the world are likely to be immune to flux, but the impact of geopolitics could be unprecedented in 2025.
Naval Warfare
UK-Australia meeting creates new AUKUS submarine integration office
The latest AUKMIN meeting created an important administrative office for submarine delivery.
Naval Warfare
Naval Warfare Review 2024: Business as usual overshadowed by geopolitics and budgets, but innovation promised solutions
There was solid programme advancement around the world in 2024, but a combination of more threats, fleet unreadiness and a financial squeeze darkened naval horizons as the year advanced.
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Naval Warfare
Autonomous Mine Hunting: Supplying the British Solution (Studio)
Navies around the world are increasingly looking at autonomous systems for the mine countermeasures (MCM) mission.
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Naval Warfare
HMS Bangor returns to home port
4th September 2018
The Royal Navy’s mine hunter HMS Bangor has returned to its home port of HM Naval Base Clyde on 31 August following a three-year deployment …
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Digital Battlespace
L3 acquires Azimuth Security and Linchpin Labs
4th September 2018
L3 Technologies has completed the acquisition of Azimuth Security and Linchpin Labs, the company announced on 31 August. The acquired companies will operate under L3’s …
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Naval Warfare
John F Kennedy construction progressing
4th September 2018
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division has completed 50 percent construction of the US Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier John F Kennedy (CVN 79), the …
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Naval Warfare
US Navy accepts future USS Charleston
3rd September 2018
The US Navy has accepted delivery of the eighth Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) the future USS Charleston during a ceremony at the Austal USA …
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Naval Warfare
New carrier’s operations room ready for use
31st August 2018
The operations room of the Royal Navy’s second aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, is ready for use two months earlier than planned, the navy …
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Special Operations
Combatant Craft Assault future in the works
31st August 2018
USSOCOM is looking out to both sustainment and replacement issues surrounding its Combatant Craft Assault (CCA) fleet. Command interest in the program was identified in a …
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Special Operations
USSOCOM advances the Hyper Enabled Operator
31st August 2018
The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has initiated the first steps in its development of the Hyper Enabled Operator (HEO) concept with plans for a …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Boeing achieves Stingray success
31st August 2018
After what has been seen as a somewhat turbulent competition, the US Navy has finally selected Boeing to fulfil its MQ-25A Stingray requirement. Boeing beat …
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Naval Warfare
Erapsco to manufacture sonobuoys for US Navy
30th August 2018
Erapsco, a joint venture between Sparton and Ultra Electronics, has received contracts worth $64.6 million to manufacture sonobuoys for the US Navy, Sparton announced on …
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Special Operations
NSW looks to close quarters combat
30th August 2018
The US Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) has released a solicitation to enhance the close quarter combat (CQC) capabilities of operators in the area of …
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Naval Warfare
L&T launches Indian Coast Guard’s third OPV
30th August 2018
Larsen & Toubro (L&T;) has launched the Indian Coast Guard’s third Vikram class offshore patrol vessel at its Kattupalli shipyard, the company announced on 28 …
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Military Logistics
McKean to support US Army watercraft
29th August 2018
McKean Defense Group has received a technical systems support contract from the US Army Watercraft System Product Directorate, the company announced on 27 August. The …
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Digital Battlespace
BMT leads JUMP project developed for Dstl
29th August 2018
BMT is leading the Joint User Mission Planning (JUMP) science and technology research project to provide military commanders with an integrated cyber and physical mission …
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Naval Warfare
Russia increases Project 22800 corvette order
29th August 2018
The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has placed an order for six new small corvettes intended for the Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet. Four Project 22800 …
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Naval Warfare
BAE Systems to modernise USS Gettysburg
29th August 2018
BAE Systems has received a $146.3 million contract from the US Navy to modernise the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg. Starting in January 2019, the ship …
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Military Logistics
Navy seeks water generation options
28th August 2018
The US Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) is looking for new system designs and technologies that can desalinate and purify water. According to a recently-released market survey, …
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Naval Warfare
US Navy accepts USS Sioux City, USS Wichita
28th August 2018
The US Navy has accepted delivery of two Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), the future USS Sioux City and USS Wichita. Sioux City and Wichita …
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Naval Warfare
Atlântico arrives in Brazil as Wave denials continue
28th August 2018
The Multipurpose Helicopter (PHM) vessel Atlântico, formerly HMS Ocean of the UK Royal Navy, has docked in Brazil for the first time under the flag …
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Special Operations
SOF seeking strategic transporter system
28th August 2018
The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is seeking a transporter system for strategic movement of its three “Sealion” Combatant Craft Heavy (CCH) platforms. Interest in …
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